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nified 75 diameters, is represented in fig. 103 ; the fungi 

 or mildew is growing from a section of the skin. 



6 " 



Fig. 102. Fungoid disease, 



1, A section of the Tomata, showing sporangia? growing from the spawn or 

 root (mycelium). 2, A budding from the upper part of a branch. 3, Ver- 

 tical and lateral views of sporangiae, with their granular contents turned 

 out. fi, 7, and 8, Different stages of growth of Mycoderma cervisia. 9, To- 

 rula diabetica. 



" Grapes," says Mr. Harris, " when blighted, are covered 

 with what appears to be a white powder, like lime, a little 

 darkened with brown or yellow. These fungi send forth 

 laterally, in all directions, thread-like filaments, which 

 become so completely interwoven with one another as 

 entirely to cover and enclose the skin of the grape in a 



